Hygienic bottle.



w. o. RICE.

HYGIENIC BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 5. 1917 Patented Apl', 9,1918.

srarns rairrntr WWE WILLIAM 0. RICE, OE ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

HYGIENIC BOTTLE.

To all lwhom t may concern:

Be it known that l, Tillman O. Bion, a citizen of the United States, residing at' Rochester, in the county of lw/ionroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Hygienic Bottles, of which the following is a specilication.

T his invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in hygienic bottles.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a bottle structure that is easy and inexpensive to manufacture the arrangement being such that the interior thereof is easily cleaned and aerated while the device may be formed of any suitable materials such as paper, glass or metal, while the separate members thereof may be each formed of a different material.

A further object of the device is the provision of a bottle construction from which the bottom thereof is removable for readily cleaning the entire interior of the bottle, the bottom being adapted to be normally retained in its closed position by a material thatmay be readily melted arranged interlockingly between the bottom and the bottle body when in its hardened condition.

With these general objects in view and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and then claimed.

In the drawing forming a part of this application and in which like designating` characters refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device with the bottom portion thereof shown in central longitudinal section,

Fig. 2 is a View of a bottom portion of a bottle partly in elevation and partly in section, illustrating a slightly different form of the invention,

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the bottom member illustrated in Fig. 1, and

Fig. L1 is a perspective view of a bottom disk employed with the device.

Referring more in detail to the drawingthe device broadly consists of a body portion 10 of the usual milk bottle shape which may be formed of any material such as metal or glass, the structure shown in Fig. 1 being glass, and a cup-shaped base section 11 Specification of Letters Patent.

forming a removable bottom, the said base section being normally maintained'upon the body 10 by means of a readily fusible body 12 interposed in interlocking arrangement combining therewith a closure backing or bottom disk 13. rlfhe vitreous body 10 being tubular iu arrangement has an outwardly projecting annular flange 14 at its open lower end, which end is adapted tobe positioned with the flange thereof resting upon the said disk 13 centrally within the base section 11. This base section comprises a bottom 15 having an annular side wall 1G and an inwardly extending top flange 17 arranged with a funnel or hopper-shaped rim 18. The device is also adapted to any Patented Apr. 9, 1918.

Application filed April 5, 1917'. Serial No. 150,051.

shape and form of bottle, and designed for'v holding any commodity.

The base section 11 is preferably formed of pressed metal, such as aluminium or any other suitable material, the disk 13 preferably formed of paraflined paper or pasteboard is flatly arranged within the base section upon the bottom 15 thereof and the glass bottle body 10 seated centrally within the base section upon the disk 13. A suitable form of melted wax is then poured into the funnel rim 18 completely filling the base section 11 surrounding the bottle body 10 and sealing the bottom of the bottle `and retaining the base section 11 securely upon the bottom portion of said body.

lt will be understood that the wax 12 may be placed within the base section in any desirable manner such as by dipping the assembled lmembers into the paraflin or wax, the latter forming a secure seal and lock for the structure. By this arrangement the thorough cleansing of the bottle is made possible by having both ends thereof open for the exposure of air and water when washing the same as well as admitting a brush or scrubbing` member therethrough. `While the disk 13 and the wax 12 may readily removed by heating and melting Vsame so that during the washing operation faces of the flanges 1li and 17 of the body 10 and base section 11', respectively, as best illustrated in Fig.` 1 of the drawing taker.

together with the simultaneous securing of the disk 13 which is ofsnbstantialiy the same diameter as the inner sharpened lower edge 19 of the rim l8,the Vdisk and the interior or" the body 10 being solely contacted by the contents of the bottle.

It desired, the bottom 15 of the base section'll may have its central portion cutl away as illustrated at 20 in F ig. 2 of the drawing thereby saving material in the formation of the metal base section by lessen ing the strength of the structure by bringing the weight of the contents oi the device onto the paper disk 13, the Yremaining elements being identical with' that illustrated in Fig. l and employing the same bottle body l0 and the same amount of wax 12.

The sealing material 12 having a low melting point, the closure bottom for the bottle is readily removed when desired, while the bottom is also easily secured in position by inserting the melted wax and allowing the wax to cool ,for maintaining the receptacle with the bottom end thereof securely sealed. It will be understood that the upper end or mouth 28 of the bottle structure may be closedY in any usual manner, such as by the employment of the usual closure disks, which it is unnecessary to herein illustrate, while the wax completely fills the base section 11 outwardly of the body 10. rihe waxv 12 may be removedV by setting the bottle upon a heated plateor table, so that the wax will melt and run into some receptacle and the parts being separated can be washed. f

Vhat l claim as new is:

1. A device of the class described comprising a tubular body having a projecting bottom flange, a cup-shaped base section within which the bottoni portion of said Copies of this patent may be obtained for ivefcents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

body is seated, an inwardly'projecting iang'e carried bythe base section spaced from the flange of said body, a `funnel-shapedrim surrounding the body carried by the inner edge of the base section iange, and sealing means within the said base section in locking engagement between the said flanges.

2. A device of the class described comprising a tubular body having a projecting bottom flange, acup-shapedvk vbase section within which the body is seated, an inwardly projecting flange carried by the base section spaced from the iiange of said body, a funnelshaped rim surrounding the body carriedby the inner edge of the base sectionlange,

bottom portion of saidv sealingmeans within the said base section in locking engagement between the said iianges, a packing disk of substantially the same diameter as the said rim arranged upon the bottom of said section and between the said bottom and the flange of the tubular body, with the sealing means in contact with said disk and bottom whenpin its normal har? dened condition.

3. A device of the'class described having a tubular body having' an outwardly projecte ing base flange, a sheet metal base section provided with a bottom, a disk withinY said base section with the body seated upon said disk, an inwardly projecting iange upon said base section spaced from the said body flange, a funnel-shaped rim carried by said base section flange surrounding the said body,and fusible wax positioned within said base section in engagement with the. said disk g and body and filling the base section to the level of the upper edge of said rim.

ln testimony whereof Iaiiix my signature. Y

wiLLniM onion;

Washington, D. C. 

